Title: Compare how families affect work life and how work life affects families.
Course: Family and Human Services II (19999-II) > Section: Balancing Work and Family

Comparison should include the financial, social, intellectual, emotional, ethical, and legal issues involved in work and family roles.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What effects do technological changes in the workplace have on families?
- What effects do workplace trends have on families?
- What are the benefits and disadvantages of work as it relates to family?
- What may be the effects of family stress and/or change in the workplace?

Communication

- How can the importance of work life be communicated to family members and the importance of family life be communicated to those in the workplace?
- How can communication skills help balance the effects of family life on work and work life on families?

Leadership

- What leadership techniques aid in the development of workplace change?
- How can the family and the employer develop leadership skills in individuals?
- How can leadership skills be integrated into the family and the workplace?

Management

- How can an individual’s management skills be integrated into the family as well as the workplace?
- How can one analyze the interplay between work life and family life?
- What management skills minimize negative effects of family life on work and the effects of work on family life?
- How does one determine priorities toward work and families?